Helping Hands Home Support Red Deer

Head Office - Delia: 1-403-364-2476

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth.  We are happy when we are growing.

~ W.B. Yeats

Life is not a holiday, but an education.  One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.

~ Barbara Jordan

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

~ Will Durant

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

~ Nicholas Boileau-Despreaux

No one is useless in the world who lightens the burdens of another.

~ Charles Dickens

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

~ George Eliot

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.

~ Allen Saunders

Luck to me is… Realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.

~ Lucille Ball

We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

~ Aristotle

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she overcomes to reach his or her goals.

~ Dorthy Heights

Being defeated is often a temporary condition.  Giving up is what makes it permanent.

~ Marilyn Von Savant

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

~ Woody Allen

I am not young enough to know everything…

~ Oscar Wilde

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

~ EE Cummings

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

~ Mark Twain

Let today be the day you love yourself enough to no longer just dream of a better life; let it be the day you act upon it.

~ Steve Maraboli

Our prayers may be awkward.  Our attempts may be feeble.  But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

~ Max Lucado

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

~ John Bunyan

I just wanna go on more adventures.  Be around good energy.  Connect with people.  Learn new things.  Grow.

 

~ TheKhoolhaus

There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

~ Nelson Mandela

CAREGIVER SUPPORTS

We provide support for the family and caregivers of the elderly as well. Some examples are:

CONTINUING CARE COMPANION

  • Personal companionship when those who care can’t always be there.  Quality time walking, having a visit over coffee or tea, reading, looking at photos, playing cards or Scrabble, giving a manicure or taking walks outside when weather permits.  *HELPING HANDS provides personal individualized care so our clients become familiar with their companion. 
  • Errand service – purchasing treats or additional necessities that make life complete.  
  • Feed assist – personal “one on one” assistance with feeding at meal times. 
  • Transport privately (local appointments where applicable) or Accompany resident on public transport to and from medical or personal appointments
  • Narrative notes provided to document each visit

CAREGIVER RESPITE

  • Assisting with care of loved ones while the Primary Caregiver is taking a desired or necessary break.

RESOURCE COUNSELLING

  • Information is provided to individuals wishing to learn more about public and private support programs available to them in their communities.